Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old woman, Gift Segun Lucky, for criminal conspiracy and trafficking in persons.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who
disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 said the suspect
lured three female victims from Minna to Ghana and Ivory Coast under the
pretext of job offers in the neighbouring west African countries.
According to the PPRO, when two of the victims arrived
Ghana, they were handed over to two women who engaged them in forced manual
labour and s3xual exploitation.
Abiodun said the two victims were rescued following
investigation by detectives attached to the Anti-kidnapping unit in
collaboration with Interpol.
He added that efforts are ongoing to rescue the third victim
who was separately trafficked to Ivory Coast under the same guise.
“On 9th December 2025, a case of suspected human trafficking
was transferred to SCID Minna from the Child Rights Agency with one suspect,
Gift Segun Lucky 22yrs of Tunga Minna,” the statement read.
"The report indicated that sometime in November 2025,
the suspect criminally conspired with unknown persons (at large) in Ghana and
trafficked three female victims of 17yrs, 20yrs and 21yrs from Minna to Ghana
and Ivory Coast.
"On receipt of the report, Police detectives of SCID
Minna attached to the Anti-kidnapping unit commenced investigation in
collaboration with Interpol.
"During the course of investigation, it was discovered
that the suspect established communication with a trafficking agent called
"Abiola Adebayo" residing in Ghana via an online Facebook betting
platform where he was introduced into the trafficking business.
"On 10th November 2025, the suspect approached the
victims who were all friends residing around M7 Tunga and deceived them that he
had a job offer for them at a cocoa company in Lagos, offering payment of one
hundred and twenty thousand naira (#120,000) weekly.
"Initially, two of the unsuspecting victims indicated
interest and without the knowledge or consent of their parents, embarked on the
trip to Lagos which was fully paid for by the suspect, only to end up being
transported to Ghana through a network of numerous trafficking agents stationed
at strategic pick-up and drop-off points all along the way, after their initial
arrival at a park in Lagos.
"The two victims stated that they were received in
Lagos by another agent called "Sunny" (Sunday) still at large who put
them in a coaster bus to an unknown destination with threats.
"On arrival in Ghana after two days on transit, they
were both transported to a large building in a remote village in Kumasi where
they were handed over to a woman addressed only as "Madame" and after
sometime transferred to the custody of another woman called "Jennifer aka
Sugar". Both principals engaged them in forced manual labour and sexual
exploitation.
"Based on joint efforts, technical intelligence and
investigative pressure of the Police, Interpol and parents of the victims on
the trafficking syndicate, eventually led to the release and rescue of both
victims on the 1st of January 2026 to Lagos from Ghana.
"Further findings revealed that later on, the third
victim also indicated interest in the job offer and she was separately
trafficked to Ivory Coast under the same guise. Efforts are also ongoing to
rescue her.
“The suspect is still in custody undergoing interrogation to
aid in identifying other agents connected to the crime after which he will be
charged to court, whilst further collaborative transnational security measures
are in place to rescue other trafficked victims.”
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